Parents urged to enrol children into Early Childhood programmes

The Gauteng government is urging parents of young children to enrol them into Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes. On Friday, an Indaba held in Johannesburg on ECD – revealed that children who are not exposed to early learning, are at a higher risk of failing or dropping out once they have entered the school system. […]

Grade R teachers lack training

This was shown by research done by an academic from North-West University. The academic assessed a group of Grade R pupils from primary schools in Gauteng on how ready they were for Grade 1 . The research document, titled The school readiness performance of a group of Grade R learners in primary schools in the […]